Henry Rawlinson

Henry Rawlinson (20 February 1864-28 March 1925) was a British general who fought in World War I.

Biography
An infantry officer, Henry Rawlinson saw action in the Sudan and the Boer War. Early in World War I, he was involved in the defense of Antwerp and the first Battle of Ypres, doing well enough to be made a corps commander in 1915. He was then given command of the Fourth Army, a force of New Army volunteers and Territorials chosen to spearhead the Somme Offensive in July 1916. The slaughter on the Somme did not ruin his reputation entirely, but he was sidelined for over a year. Called back in the summer of 1918, he developed tactics based on coordination between artillery, infantry, tanks, and aircraft that allowed his army to launch a successful attack at Amiens in August, devastating German morale. He overran the Hindenburg Line using the same formula during the final victorious advance of the Hundred Days.